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Currently graduating from University of Toronto. Fully fluent in English, Italian and Portuguese. Semi-fluent in Spanish and French. Two years experience in University employment; held both educational and administrative roles. One year experience working for an international NGO in India as an educator. Can relocate, no special needs and possess high capacity to adapt to new environments. |
 Contact Alessandro Medri
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Area of Expertise: |
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
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My professional background is varied and would be best described as a clear demonstration of versatility and initiative. Community safe-guarding and development was one of the most common themes throughout my work experiences. When working for the residence life staff of my university I was assigned a community of 30 students to supervise, counsel and to guide throughout the difficult times that can be a first-year in a university. This meant organizing community-building events that ranged from sports tournaments to educational-oriented social events. The community was strong and, as a result of my satisfaction reviews, I was awarded Residence Life Staff of the Year Award. Similarly on the residence council these organizational skills were required in order to cater to a larger community. This was a non-paid position on the council that administered residence affairs on a campus wide-scale. Hence more managerial and administrative skills were required. The crowning achievement of such position was my appointment as the residence formal coordinator; this being a campus-wide social event with a large budget and several people who were working under my supervision. The formal was a clear success and was praised by the Dean himself who attended the event. In complete antithesis with the University environment, my role as an NGO worker in southern India preceding my university career was another key part to my experience. My primary function was that of an English and geography teacher for classes ranging from 6th to 10th grade. This meant independently preparing both lessons and homework for classes of up to 60 children. The curriculum goals were met and surpassed during my stay; the NGO founder commended me for my alternate more interactive approach to teaching. Furthermore initiative was another key aspect of my role at Care and Share India; during the drought that was affecting the area, I personally took charge of the local relief efforts by employing two of the tractors that the organization had at a time. This meant coordinating with the local community to send the water cisterns to the most critically affected areas. The ability to adapt and over-come such challenges which, until then, I had never experienced the likes of, was by far my greatest achievement. This theme was also reflected in my research assistant position at the University of Hong Kong where I was hired to conduct research in fields outside of my degree’s expertise. As much it was a pleasure to transform what was until then a hobby of mine into a job, extensive atmospheric data analysis of Saturn’s Moon Titan, was with no doubt another difficult challenge. However, as said initially, being able to be versatile enough to adapt and take on such a challenge remains one of my strongest qualities from a professional standpoint. When combined with my organizational, managerial and initiative qualities acquired through the described experience, I believe I can be a formidable choice.
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Education: |
In the past 4 years I have been a full time student at the University of Toronto, furthermore I also participated in an exchange program at the University of Hong Kong over the full duration of the third year of my university career. Completed a Bachelor of Arts with a Political Science Specialist in August and will receive diploma in November with a GPA of approximately 3.2.
During the undergraduate path I was able to maintain consistent grades and never failed a course. The university program had a wide array of relevant courses such as economics, development policy, international relations and political philosophy theory. This spectrum of topics awarded me with an intrinsic knowledge of the workings of global political and economic affairs. Furthermore, the year on exchange at the University of Hong Kong only helped to further these horizons by deepening my understanding of East Asia’s emerging role on the world stage. Case in point, most courses taken in Hong Kong were indeed related to this topic and administered by expert professors who had various backgrounds and therefore were able to give a full array of different prospective on the region. This ranged from former PRC officials to respected academics. At the University of Toronto a rigorous academic discipline was required of students: this included extremely challenging research and writing assignments which in turn encouraged critical thinking and initiative. Cases such as the analysis historical causes of Bolivia’s economic under-performance were only one of many such tasks. These assignments would require extensive research which over under-graduate career I was able to master effectively. For instance, my knowledge of several languages gave me an immediate advantage in research fields, as I was able to access in many cases sources that were not in English and therefore perform a more thorough over-view of the case in question. Furthermore, when confronted with large swaths of information, being able to discern the useful from the useless was a key factor in achieving academic success. Oral and communication skills were also vital for the undergraduate program; presentation and group projects were for instance extremely common. A good example would be the last presentation of my undergraduate career which was of two hours of length and involved the complex topic of futures markets and China’s recent impact on them. My University career has also improved dramatically my time management skills as during the better part of it I had both extra-curricular activities and employment. For instance, in second year I was simultaneously working for two university organization and had a full-time set of classes to attend; despite such constraints I was able to fully perform in each role and have a successful academic year.
Before university I graduated from King Edwards School in the UK with an International Baccalaureate diploma.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Advanced Scuba Diving Licences in deep, night and wreck diving.
First aid training certificate.
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Available for: |
- Job opportunities
- Internships / Fellowships
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
2-5 years |
Highest Qualification:
Bachelors |
Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portoguese |
Nationality:
United States
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